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How About a Game of Checkers?

We found this end table during a recent Thrift Store run. It needed minimal prep, which I love, although it did need a good washing. It looked as if someone had left newspaper on the top, it had gotten wet and fused to the wood, but it was nothing that a little warm water, a scrubby and some elbow grease couldn’t cure!

Once that was all cleaned off, we sanded it just to scuff up the old polyurethane and then primed it with 2 coats of primer.

I decided I wanted to make this a gaming table, so I decided to build the design around the checkerboard in the center of the table. I first measured out the square and laid down the faux to match the faux on the legs and the harlequins on the sides. Then I offset it with the cranberry checks.

Then we replaced the dowdy wooden handle with a vintage looking handle to coordinate with the earthy colors of the piece. As always I purchased it at Hobby Lobby ½ off! It only cost $2.00.

I also took the swirly designs from the back and brought them into the flowers.

Here is the final product! I decided to go with more muted tones, which as you know, is different then what I usually do, but I’m liking it!

Here are some pieces that we were lucky to find at the Thrift store this weekend, they all totaled $30! What a score! Look for them in the upcoming weeks.

We have a huge show December 3 & 4, Plowshares! We are doing some demo pieces for a shop in the Adirondacks (keep your fingers crossed-more info to come on that) and we have many custom orders coming up for the holidays….so life is supercrazybusy, which is why this blog is so short-sorry! But please know A LOT OF STUFF IS COMING!

So, have you done any furniture redo's recently? If so, please share them with me! I love being inspired by you! Post them on my Face Book page! Or if you're a Pinterest addict fan like me, come find me there too! I'm trying to build a really big "painted furniture" page and love to have new additions/followers/ideas/pins!

Phenomenal! That table is awesome, you're so talented! And the thrift store finds are icing on the cake. You should totally link up over at my Tuesday's Club G.W. {Goodwill} with Charm Bracelet Diva party going on now!

That is truly amazing. You have such a flair for detail. This is my favorite piece you have done. I might say that every time but I really mean it. I love the colors. The swirls on the flowers, the ring of black and white checks around the checkerboard and the frame of polka dots. I am sooooooooo inspired. Love love love.Pam

Hi Mary - I wanted to let you know that I will be featuring your Game Table at the #7 Linky Party Highlights tomorrow evening (Monday) at Project Queen. Thanks so much for linking up and I hope you do so again!www.projectqueen.org

I just saw this table above and had to come to your site to see it. You do great work !! I do know where Liverpool is as I made the trek from Oswego to Syracuse all through my growing up years. Now the kids go to Europe !! Is that hot dog place still there ? Can't think of it's name as it has been awhile. You have a great blog and much talent !

It looked promising...I wanted to *love* it...but I can't. I think the notes of bright blue are jarring & don't complement anything. Those *zebra* stripes near the bottom of the legs...meh. And OMG those beautiful barley twists look like someone bled to death all over them! Far too much *faux* going on there; if it were only in the natural depths of the legs it would be fine, but all over them...no. I'm sure *someone* loved it enough to take home at whatever the asking price, though. It just wouldn't have been me without a discount for the time & paint it would take me to play down the elements I couldn't love or even like enough to want to live with, sorry. The rest of it was really well done, especially the harlequin pattern.

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I’ve been painting most of my life! My hands are always into something-I live, breath and I'm pretty sure eaten paint! Nope...It's not a hobby, folks :D
I started this business in 2009, when I posted my first item on Etsy. I've never looked back.
As you can see from my work, I'm in love with color-BOLD-BRIGHT-CRAZY-color, but don't let that shy you away if you're not, because I can adapt to any style and easily create a unique piece of art for your home or office.
So,I hope you find inspiration among these pages as i find inspiration in all of you and your wonderful comments! Enjoy!

Who's Been In The House! Can I get a Whoop Whoop!

The DIY Club

Custom work

I do a lot of work for a very good friend of mine, named Fran! Fran is the best there is and probably my biggest fan. She is always finding fun things for me to do, whether it be a chair, a wall or even a pantry!

Fran's Bench

The Pantry

As part of 2 Women and a Paintbrush, I get to do a lot of art work on the walls, but this was a first for me, and it would be in Fran's house, she wanted her brand new pantry painted. I took insperation from some ceramic art pieces she had collected, as well as her love of music (I painted piano keys all along the bottom)

Coloring

Once I drew the whole project out, I started to color it in, like a big coloring book!

Ugh...more coloring

It took about 2 weeks to complete, because of all the detail work that needed to be done. Some colors took 6 coats of paint!